Good news for voters in Albania, May 11th voting with expired identification documents

Two acts have been adopted at today's meeting of the Council of Ministers that pave the way for delaying the validity of identity documents for citizens in the residential territory of the Republic of Albania, which has either expired or completed this deadline on May 11th 2025.

The adoption of norms is aimed at guaranteeing the constitutional right of all citizens to vote without obstacles in general parliamentary elections. Under that decision, the ID validity deadline, electronic IDs and biometric passports ending on May 11th 2025 until May 31st 2025”, the Interior Ministry reports.

The decision comes 24 hours after the Democratic Party, through Oerard Bylyqbashi, called for extending the validity of ID documents, thus allowing even 466 thousand citizens who do not have a valid document to vote on Sunday, A2 reports. CNN.

Meanwhile, Normative Acts were approved in February, which gave way to extending the validity of documents to Albanian citizens in the diaspora, who for the first time vote in elections, via mail.

The Interior Ministry suggests that in co-operation with the CEC, the institutions of addiction, such as the Civil State service, or other agencies, has taken all measures to meet legal obligations, to ensure that the 11 May election process is conducted calmly and without obstacles to citizens abroad and within borders.

The communique suggests that the State Police will pass in strengthened service to successfully cope with the process before, during and after the closure of the vote, correctly implementing the law and obligations stemming from the Electoral Code./Periscopi/